I Joined The Circus!

On Thursday morning September 11 I impulsively decided to go to the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus that evening after work. I bought the best available tickets they had on-line. I ended up spending a little over one hundred dollars for them and my parking pass. When I got to the circus I found that my seat was on the front row and was one of several with a cover on it that said Circus Celebrity. The best part of the evening was that Becky and Jake ( and Jake's parents), and the kids were there too! Their seats were further back and in a different section, but still great! What a coincidence that we had chosen the same night to come! We hung out together during the pre-show and got cute clown noses to wear and I got some autographs of some of the performers. The show began with some clowns and doggies and then came the dancing princesses as Kylie likes to call them. Tom the bubble blowing clown was next and then the horse acts. Sometime during all of this those of us sitting in the Circus Celebrity seats were handed circus celebrity passes. On the back of them it told us that during the first half of the show we would be pulled out into the show. At this point I thought Oh no, what have I gotten myself into! My heart raced as I imagined myself being singled out to eat fire or something! I wanted out! But then I read on that we would just be riding on a circus train around the stadium floor. It turned out to be fun riding that train! It felt like we were in the circus! It was our fifteen minutes of fame! I waved to my cute nieces and nephews and saw them waving back! We shared the stage with motorcyles who were doing daring stunts in a huge metal ball. During the intermission I got to visit with my cute nieces and nephews again! The rest of the show featured balloons, tight ropes, tigers and elephants. It definitely was an experience I will never forget! I have never before enjoyed the circus in quite the same way! Chase was absolutely right when he said, "That's why your seat was so expensive!".